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12 <br /> <br />in Raleigh at Arts Day 2017 1 <br />• In partnership with the Hillsborough Arts Council, hosted “Paint it Orange: Plain Air 2 <br />Paint-out & Wet Paint Sale,” the first county-wide plain air paint-out as a fundraiser for 3 <br />OCAC and HAC. We had 52 registrants for our first year, 60% from outside Orange 4 <br />County. 5 <br />• Published a printed Orange County Arts Map, as well as a digital version on 6 <br />artsorange.org 7 <br />• Surveyed candidates for local offices on their feelings towards the arts and made the 8 <br />results available to the public through artsorange.org 9 <br />• Offered stories of local artists, arts spaces and events on artsorange.org through a 10 <br />partnership with Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O, as well as staff-generated content 11 <br />• Hosted a nine-part series of listening sessions to discuss areas of need within the 12 <br />Orange County arts community. Sessions included Visual Arts; Performing Arts; Literary 13 <br />Arts; Town, Gown & the Arts; Arts & Business; Nonprofit Arts & Culture; Arts in 14 <br />Education (one each for CHCCS and OCPS); Hillsborough Arts. Over 180 members of 15 <br />the community participated. 16 <br />• Funded an extension of The ArtsCenter’s Artists in Residency program, allowing all four 17 <br />Title 1 schools in Orange County 16 artist residencies during the 2017-18 school year 18 <br /> 19 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said people often ask him why Orange County is focusing on 20 <br />the arts when there are so many other issues that exist in the County. He said he was 21 <br />interesting to read in the report that, “children with exposure to the arts have lower drop out 22 <br />rates, and better standardized test scores”. He asked if more could be shared about this. 23 <br />Tim Hoke said there is a lot of research on this topic, and there is also evidence of the 24 <br />arts in everyday life being beneficial for the aging community as well. 25 <br />Katie Murray said the specific study, to which Commissioner Marcoplos referred, was 26 <br />conducted by researchers in Philadelphia, and this data is gathered through Americans for the 27 <br />Arts, who publish an annual list of the top ten reasons to support the arts, with updated study 28 <br />results. 29 <br />Commissioner Rich asked if staff could talk about the economic development that the 30 <br />arts bring to Orange County. 31 <br />Katie Murray said the non-profit arts industry reports $130 million was spent in one year 32 <br />in Orange County. She said 2/3 of this is organizational spending, that the non-profits spend; 33 <br />and the remaining 1/3 is spent by the consumers. She said the arts also contributed $5.3 34 <br />million to local government in that same year. 35 <br /> 36 <br />• Economic Development through the arts. 37 <br />o The OCAC has presented the findings of Americans for the Arts Arts & Economic 38 <br />Prosperity Study 5 to local boards and commissions, informing community leaders 39 <br />that the arts are a $130.3 million industry for Orange County, employing 5,001 full-40 <br />time equivalent jobs (4th largest industry employer), and generating $5.3 million for 41 <br />local government. Presentations have been made to Hillsborough Town Council, 42 <br />Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Board of Directors, Hillsborough Tourism Board, 43 <br />Carrboro Economic Development Council/Cultural Arts Commission, Chapel Hill 44 <br />Cultural Arts Commission, and Hillsborough Arts Council Board of Directors. 45 <br /> 46 <br />Tim Hoke closed his presentation by reading a poem. 47 <br /> 48 <br />• Board of Health: Health Director Quintana Stewart 49